{"product_id":"hardly-creatures-poems-9781963108248","title":"Hardly Creatures: Poems","description":"Brilliant and innovative, Rob Macaisa Colgate's debut poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eHardly Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, takes the form--visually and metaphorically--of an accessible art museum. Through nine sections that act as gallery rooms, the book shepherds the reader through the radiance and mess of the disability community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the heart of the collection is an exploration and recognition of access intimacy. Marked with universal access symbols to guide the way, poems mimic sensory rooms, tactile replicas, benches for resting, and more; \"the body of a poem\" itself is reimagined through formal experimentation, as abecedarians are scrambled out of order and sestinas are pressurized into new sequences. These poems also play with pop culture allusions, social media posts, and the infinite possibilities within queer love and deep friendships. With lyrical clarity and attention to language, \u003cem\u003eHardly Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e reaches out and offers inventive, heartfelt insights for all readers, and celebrates the disability community through the lens of a visionary new voice in poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Macaisa Colgate\u003c\/b\u003e is a disabled, \u003ci\u003ebakla\u003c\/i\u003e, Filipino American poet from Evanston, Illinois. He received an MFA in poetry and critical disability studies from UT Austin. Poems from this collection appear or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSewanee Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A former Fulbright scholar, Rob currently serves as the managing poetry editor at \u003ci\u003eFoglifter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807270338834,"sku":"9781963108248","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b68199e-7152-426e-a211-069800d768b4.jpg?v=1766049065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hardly-creatures-poems-9781963108248","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}